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I would like your recommendation before purchase; use would be mostly for straight razor and Japanese Kamisori razor honing. I currently use a progression of Shapton Glass hones usually ending with either the 8000 grit or the 16000 grit depending on the razor. As a finisher, a Belgian Coticule and/or chromium oxide on balsa wood followed by leather stropping.

I heard many great things about the Kitayama 8000 Grit Water Stone and would like to know; as a finisher and edge 'touch-ups' (specifically for razors), would it provide for a keener edge, smoother shave than the equivalent grit Nubatama Bamboo 8000? Is it true that it is most effective after an equally high grit stone (Nubatama Bamboo 8000 or the Shapton 8K or 16K)?

Currently using the Shapton Glass series; I typically set bevels with the 500 and 1k followed by the required passes on the 2k, 4k and 8k for scratch removal and finessing. Depending on the metal I will sometimes go to the 16k Shapton Glass or the Naniwa Chocera 10k. Finishing and touch-ups on the Belgian Coticule (yellow select) and/or chromium oxide on balsa wood. Leather stropping between touch-ups.

I'm with the other guys. I know my customers like to try new stones and strops and experiment. That's fine but I don't think you would improve your edges significantly over the stuff you're using now. Since you have a good progression where you will most likely benefit is on your strop routine. As Saddan suggested I think you would get a little better edge if you used some high grit cbn and some super fine strop substrates like the roo strops or the nano cloth.

The thread is a bit confused as to whether you have Shapton glass stones or if you are considering the stones mentioned in the first post or already have some of them. In either case however, I'd agree that you are best served extending the range of grits to a finer level with strops and compounds rather than getting a panorama of 8k stones if I'm understanding this thread correctly.

I think you will be pleasantly rewarded using Japanese Naturals vs a coticule as the Japanese naturals which Sadden mentions will achieve a finer grit/ level of finish than the coticule. Past that point the 'roo and nanocloth strops with CBN and poly diamond will bring your final finish to a peak level of performance - past chromium oxide, both in smoothness and sharpness.

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